Elevator-guard.



. Patnt ed-June 10,1902. I. FoNpAL l ELEVATOR GUARD.

(Application filed Dec. 18, 1900.) I

(No Model.)

in: "aims PETERS 0 PNONUTNQ. wuNmo'l'ON, a. c. 4 I

UNITED STATES f Y PATENT "OFFIC ISAAC I. FONDA, or HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

" ELEvAToR -GiuA-R'D; i g

SPEGIFL GATION forming part of Letters'latent No. 702,095, dated June 10, 1902.

Applioation filed December 18 190i). Serial No. $0,290. 'llldmodel.) I

To all whom, it may 'on'cerm:

Be it known that I, ISAAC I, FONDA, a citizen of the United States, residing l'a't Hopedale, in the county of Worcester'an'd State of Massachusetts, have invented a'certain new and useful Im movement in Elevator-G u ards,

of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the'ac c01npan'ying drawings.

preventing the accidental catching ofthe passengers foot beneath the elevator-floor when the elevator-car floor is above the buildin'gfloor. 7

One object of theinvention is to so construct an elevator-car guard that while providingabarrier to the accidental insertion. Ofi the foot beneath the elevator-car the guard may be received in a space but little below the lower floor of the building.

Another object of the invention is to im;

prove the general construction of the elevatorcar guard. a

The invention consists in such peculiar features of construction and novel combination of parts as shall hereinafter be more f ully described, and pointed out in the'claim.

Figure 1 represents infroi'it ele'vatiompor vator it often happens that the floor of the e10 vator-caris located'above the building-floor, leaving a space therebetween into which the foot of a passenger hurriedly entering the car may be accidentally caught. Where the passenger seeks to enter the car at or about the time of starting and the power is reversed by the operator, the foot caught beneaththe car would be crushed against the fixed threshold or the wall of the elevator-well. To guard against such acoidents,the space immediately beneath the entrance-door of the elevator-car I rthis floori This inventionhas reference toj-improve- H ments 1n elevator-car guards or devicesfor should be closed by a barrier to prevent accidental entrancethereto. As this barrier depends for a considerable distance below the floor of the car,itis evident that provision for the reception of the same is necessary when the elevator-earls opposite the lowest floor of I a building, and particularlypwhen the elevator-well extendslint 'afew inches below In carrying my invention into. practice it ihas-beenmyobj ect' to provide a guard which ,beingsecured to the front portion of an elevator-car would extend downward s'ufficiently to close a vconsiderable "space ,therjebeneath and would a'c'coinmodate' itself tothe depth of the elevator-well below the lowest floor of the building when suchdepth ofthe well was considerably less than the vertical dimensions of the barrier. g

In the drawings, A represents the lowest floor of a building provided with an elevator- 7 well B, which extends butvslightly below said floor." C isthe front grill or frame of the elevator-well, and D the floor of the elevatorcar. To the entrance portion of the car-floor D is secured the depending plate 5, which may have a bent-over portion resting on the ii'lbortoiform a tread, and to .this plate 5 is hinged the extension-plate 6 by means of the hinges Z and 8, the spring .9 being. mounted on the spindle of such hinges or i n any other suitable manner and bearing on saidipl'ates to continually exert a pressure to swing the extension-plate 6 into vertical alinement'with the plate At the lowerside portion of the plate 6 is secured the stud 10, on which is journaled'thesleeve"11;,jandatthe lower portion of the elevator-well-is mounted the cam or way 12,. positioned tointercept the sleeve 11 m direct the same out of its normal ,ver I tical path, so that the extensiomplate fi rnay. be swung out of alinement with the plate 5 to occupy a lateral position inthis well, which would not be sufficiently deeptotaccommodate the same if it were a; rigid extension of theplate5. H, g

It is obvious that various modifications of this construction would equally well illustrate specificationand claim.

voaoes nished with the sleeve 11, of the cam or way 12 positioned to intercept the sleeve 11 and direct the same out of its vertical path, as and [or the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC I. FONDA.

Witnesses:

CARL II. FRENCH, FRANK. II. FRENCH. 

